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[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah that's maybe youtube's oldest meme (probably not), not the internet.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Dancing baby was way before youtube existed

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There was a lady lawyer show on TV called ally mcbeal and she was like crazy or something and used to hallucinate the dancing baby. I don't remember it that well as it was an old people show and I was a kid but yeah way before youtube

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Dancing baby was everywhere, truly the first Internet driven viral phenomenon. And yes, it did feature in Ally McBeal which was a huge TV show mid-late 90s which goes to illustrate how truly viral the dancing baby meme was at a time where Internet usage was still limited to only a minority of people with access to desktop computers.

[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, sorry. Context is not my strong suit

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

One of. Not the oldest meme, one of the oldest.